File:Benjamin Franklin by George Dunlop Leslie.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(807 × 1,024 pixels, file size: 61 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

George Dunlop Leslie: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), after Mason Chamberlin (1727-1787)  wikidata:Q106868883 reasonator:Q106868883
Artist
George Dunlop Leslie  (1835–1921)  wikidata:Q1403572
 
George Dunlop Leslie
Alternative names
George Leslie
Description British genre painter, illustrator and author
Date of birth/death 2 July 1835 Edit this at Wikidata 21 February 1921 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Lindfield (Sussex)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q1403572
After Mason Chamberlin  (1727–1787)  wikidata:Q6783542
 
After Mason Chamberlin
Alternative names
Mason Chamberlin
Description English portrait painter
Date of birth/death 1727 Edit this at Wikidata 20 January 1787 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Holborn
Work location
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q6783542
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), after Mason Chamberlin (1727-1787) Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), after Mason Chamberlin (1727-1787) Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), after Mason Chamberlin (1727-1787) Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Date 1855
date QS:P571,+1855-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 135 x 104.2 cm (53 1/8 x 41 in.) framed: 170.2 x 139.7 x 19.1 cm (67 x 55 x 7 1/2 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q3783572
Accession number
H71
Place of creation United Kingdom
Object history Gift of Joshua Bates to Harvard College, 1855
Inscriptions Signed: l.l.: Copied by G.D. Leslie 1855; inscription: lower left, signed: Copied by G.D. Leslie 1855/From a picture painted by M. Chamberlin. 1762.; label: bottom center of frame, gilded wood: Benjamin Franklin, A.M. (Hon) 1755/Original painting by Mason Chamberlin 1762/copy by George Leslie, 1855. Restored 1983 in memory of/Isabelle Virginia Kendig, Ph.D. Harvard 1933/Great-great granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin,
References Harvard Art Museums artwork ID: 304935 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/304935

Licensing[edit]

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current16:45, 14 August 2016Thumbnail for version as of 16:45, 14 August 2016807 × 1,024 (61 KB)Gamaliel (talk | contribs){{Artwork |artist = {{Creator:George Dunlop Leslie}} {{Creator:Mason Chamberlin the Elder|After}} |author = |title = |description =Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) |date =1855 |medium...